Достаточно сделать 5-6 глубоких вдохов, чтобы поймать себя на желании совершить импульсивный поступок, который на самом деле совершать не нужно.

Сила воли — навык, поддающийся тренировке и развитию.

Нравственные поблажки из разряда «я был хорош сегодня, значит могу себя немного побаловать» — не работают и приводят к ухудшению ситуации.

В случае наступления прогресса важно не начать гордиться собой, а вспомнить ради чего вы всё затеяли в первую очередь.

Сила воли заразна, как и заразные цели. В компании целеустремлённых людей проще ставить цели и достигать их.

Медитация позволяет сохранять контроль над собой.

Нужно поддерживать одинаковый уровень глюкозы в крови, чтобы мозг не переключался в состояние стресса.

В случае срыва важно сразу начать всё заново, а не «заедать стресс», как делают люди, пытающиеся похудеть.

В критических ситуациях нужно остановится и спланировать свои действия.

Шимпанзе не может придумать себе оправдание «отложу начало пробежек на понедельник». Мы должны руководствоваться долгосрочной перспективой, принимая решения.

Women were once considered chattel, and slavery was regarded as sanctioned in the Bible. However, western society grew to recognize that neither was just.

He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie.

Arkansas is really, really nice. It's got the nature feel.

I think the success of my work stems from being truthful.

Race always comes up in the conversation of Detroit.

I like to take care of people, and I like to make sure that they're OK and happy.

I try to steal from the best. Suck it all in. 'Taxi Driver' is really a bible for film actors, a master class. A lot of emotional power, a lot of emotional depth but it's contained and you just see the tip of the iceberg.

Black Lives Matter is the culmination of racial divide. They're nothing more than the last socially acceptable hate group in America.

Because of the inherent challenges of life on the earth, all of humanity is vulnerable. This is all the more reason to seek the kingdom of heaven within and find the peace that leads to understanding.

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best - that is inspiration.

When I grew up, I saw the moon landing, and I was fascinated watching them as a child, and that's what really turned me onto space and science fiction, and I started watching things like 'Lost In Space,' and that led me to 'Star Trek,' which was a major influence on my life.

Take a step back today, look at all those beautiful things you have.

It is uncomfortable to be reminded that the Catholic church only removed the reference to 'perfidious Jews' from the Good Friday liturgy in 1960.

Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.

I like working with an actor who doesn't do the oneupmanship. One who has no trick and gives a true, honest performance.

In terms of influence, my style icons have been a mixture of Julie Andrews and Olivia Newton-John. When I was little I used to watch 'Grease,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music' a lot. If you put all those things together you do kind of get my outfits. A slightly tarty nanny in a second-hand outfit. That is pretty much what I wear.

Raise your words not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers not thunders.

If I could play the ukulele like Zooey Deschanel, I would find my own personal M. Ward, and we would do a side album; but I don't, you know?

I learned how to be a learner. When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got to give direction to others. I'm in this job because I'm better and smarter.' I always took a different view, that the key was to identify the people who really knew and learn from them.

Amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they can't get it wrong.

I've lived a lot of my life in London, so I often feel that I am a Londoner.

Yesterday, the Pentagon warned U.S. reporters that they should get out of Baghdad as soon as possible because the U.S. could attack at any time. Then the Pentagon added, 'Whatever you do, don't tell Geraldo.'

The science of operations, as derived from mathematics more especially, is a science of itself and has its own abstract truth and value, just as logic has its own peculiar truth and value, independently of the subjects to which we may apply its reasonings and processes.